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whelp
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
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1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
cub; as, a lion's whelps. "A bear robbed of her whelps."
--2 Sam. xvii. 8.
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2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
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That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
made his entrance. --Addison.
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3. (Naut.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the
barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the
plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
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4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.] To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
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Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
loved a thing better. --B. Jonson.
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Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.
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